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In a classroom discussion about order and moleculrity of a reaction,Ramu argued that ''there are reactions which appear to be of higher order but actually follows first order kinetics''How far is his statement true? Give your opinion in this regard. Justify your answer using suitable example.

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It is a true statement. For example, hydrolysis of ethyl acetate in presence of acid appears to be seconds order, but actually the order of the reaction is one. Such reaction are called pseudo first order reaction.`CH_3COOC_2H_5+H_2O overset(Acid)oversettolarrCH_3COOH+C_2H_5OH`
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